HM
August 18, 2011
This was the first game Willie Mays was in uniform for the Mets. The Mets had completed the trade with the Giants earlier in the week. I was at the game with my dad, who died 2 months later, one of the last games he and I went to. I remember when John Milner came out of the dugout, everyone mistook him for Willie and gave him a standing ovation, until they saw it was number 28, not number 24.

TJ
September 26, 2013
This was my first MLB game in person and is probably the reason I am still a fan. I was just 11 at the time and I can still remember the excitement of the game. I know who Mays was and the significance of the game. I wish he had played.

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